Overlooked and unheralded, an academic paper published in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy in 2007 is just now prompting widespread debate. You’ll be amazed at what Harvard, the Centers for Disease Control and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences discovered. It’s not what you think.

Guns and crime – where’s the link?

Little-Known Gun Fact 6 Despite the very strict ban on guns in the UK, the overall rate of violent crime in the UK is about 4 times higher than it is in the United States. 7 In one recent year, there were 2,034 violent crimes per 100,000 people in the UK. 8In the United States, there were only 466 violent crimes per 100,000 people during that same year. Do we really want to be more like the UK? 9The UK has approximately 125 percent more rape victims per 100,000 people each year than the United States does. 10 The UK has approximately 133 percent more assault victims per 100,000 people each year than the United States does. UK has the fourth highest burglary rate in the EU. 11 The UK has the second highest overall crime rate in the EU.